 | William Carlos Martyn - Great Britain - 1866 - 328 pages
...sonnet addressed to his friend Cyriac Skinner, a grandson of that famous lawyer, Lord Coke. "TO CYEIAC SKINNER. "Cyriac, this three years day, these eyes,...their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or stars, throughout the year, Or man, or woman : yet I argue not Against heaven's hand or will, nor bate... | |
 | Annie Kane - Blind - 1867 - 252 pages
...call of duty. A nobler sacrifice I hardly know. • Let him tell us of the privation in his own words: "Cyriac, this three years' day, these eyes, though...of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; N&r to their idle orbs doth eight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year; Or man or woman.... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 556 pages
...now been long totally blind. TO CYRIAC SKINNER. С т RUC, these three years' d&y these eyes, tho' clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their ¡die orha dotli signt appear Of »un, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet... | |
 | John Hugh Hawley - English language - 1868 - 298 pages
...even abstaining from blows, the ass ran away, so that neither gained possession of it. EXAMPLE 3. "... This three years' day these eyes, though clear, To...Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to these idle orbs does day appear, Or sun, or moon, or stars throughout the year, Or man or woman." Here... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Authors and publishers - 1869 - 504 pages
...best and most admired of these Sonnets, that addressed to Cyriac Skinner, on his own blindness : — " Cyriac, this three years' day, these eyes, though...their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun or moon or stars throughout the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate... | |
 | Literature - 1881 - 1008 pages
...critical student. Milton's second sonnet to Cyriac Skinner (xxii.) reads thus in Todd's edition : "Cyryac, this three years day these eyes though clear, To outward...forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of son, or moon, or star throughout the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 192 pages
...xxII. TO THE SAME. CTEIAC, this three years' day, these eyes, thongh elear, To ontward view, of hlemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their Idie orhs doth sight appear Of snn, or moon, or star, thronghont the year. Or man, or woman. Yet I... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 556 pages
...it ; instead of being cast down, he increased in firmness. He says, in his 17th sonnet: ' Cyviack, this three years day these eyes, though clear, To...of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their iille orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yut I... | |
 | William Hanks Levy - Blind - 1872 - 578 pages
...affliction Milton thus writes to his friend Cyriack Skinner, a merchant of London : — " Cyriack, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To...of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; N or to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man or... | |
 | William Hanks Levy - Blind - 1872 - 598 pages
...his position in the following lines, addressed to Cyriac Skinner : — " Cyriac, this three yearsDay these eyes, though clear To outward view, of blemish...of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot. If or to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or... | |
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Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to... 
